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\ X . . < jfaagg a jmts. Never wait for* thisg-to turn7:up. Goaod turn, it up.yourself . It takes leas.nine, .and is sore to begone. - 5 f, ... ?1 The Me$odwt Church South has remoVed the penalty of emulsion for neglecting to attend class-meetings. A^,000mopumettis being cast at Munich for the graves or Confederate soldiers interred in a aaai>to?y ?g'BattowowV' ? > *... *?> ??An ambitious San Franciscan is making IODO cigars of the finest Havana tobacco, each one to be tipped with gold, and intends giving them to General Grant -? Josh Billings says: "Give the devil his due" rends well enough in a proverb ; but, mi friend, whet will beoum av me and yu if this arrangement is carried out? ... A thrillingly dramatio duel was fought the other day, between two negroes, in Tennessee. They threw down their guns, and butted each other with their heads. Florida, it is asserted, contains over seven million acres of land lying along the ooastfroni Indiau River to Cape Sable, admirably adapted to the cultivation of coffee. , < -? There are now two thousand, two hundred and seventeen assistant assessors in the internal revenue service, or nearly one thousand less than in November of last year. , The latest fashion for the ladies at Newport i is to carry neat little velvet memorandum books for noting down all engagements to Tide, dance, or for excursions and pic-nic parties. ' It is said that if coal dust is freely sprinkled over cabbages early in the morning before the dew * dries off, it will prevent their destruction by a worm which usually infests them during the months m of July and Augdst ?^It is stated that the chief of the Cherokee nation^ Silas Wright, is a Presbyterian preacher; , the chief of the Choctaw nation, Lewie Downing, ia a Baptist preacher, and the chief of the Creek nation, Samuel Chihote, is a Methodist preacher. 1 ?? Men who enter their names on Hotel Registers with the affix "and Lady," mean, sometimes, 1 that the woman is a wife, and sometimes, not Better say John Jbnes and wife, than D. Foole , and Lady.- * < ??The New York Commercial says: "It is as plain as a nose on a man's face,- that the Democratic 1 party will boldly enter upon the next national campaign with repudiation emblazoned on their 1 banners." _ \ -? A man'now temporarily in Nova Scotia does i not know to what country he belongs. His father ( was Irish and his mother German. He was born . in Canada, was naturalized in the United States, ' became a Confederate by rebellion; and is by residence and attachment a Mexican. The Columbia Phoenix says that many citi- 1 zens of South Carolina refuse to pay their State 1 tax, on the ground that it is an illegal imposition, < even according to the present Constitution and | laws of South Carolina. The question will be car- t ried into the courts. r- Miss SalHe R. Banks, of Americus, Gear gift, has xeoeived the appointment of Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for that collection district. MissSalKeisa Yankee school-marin; whose I heretofore have been devoted to African < jttreuiles. ? ??A California lawyer recently, after stating a proposition, said: "May it please yotir Honor,? rU bet a hundred dollars, and stake the money, that what I say is good law." The attorney on the other side declined to bet, and the argument was admitted by the Court to be unanswerable. ?? The latest returns from the vote on lay delegation in the Methodist Episcopal Church, develop a more serious opposition to tne movement than has been heretofore exhibited. The returns now show twenty-seven thousand for lay delegation to ten thousand against it. . Governor Scott has advertised for proposals from contractors to complete the Blue Ridge Railroad from Anderson, South Carolina, to Knoxville, Tennessee, a distance of one hundred and fifty-two miles. Payment for the work is to be made in the seven per cent, first mortgage bonds of the road, principal and interest payable in coin, and guaranteed by the State. , . ?A Troy expressman explained to the recipi- , ent of a package the signification of the letters "C. 0. D." "them means pay," hut the other refusing ' to be convinced that- "them spells pay," the bril- i liant expressman further argued the matter by 1 telling his customer that the mysterious letters t were the initials of the words "Come Ommediately Down," and carried his point. A correspondent at Dallas, Gaston County, sends us an account of the sudden death of a man c in that village from drinking too much whiskey. 1 His name is given as C. M. H. Myers, a German, s formerly in the employ of Com. Wilkes. He com menced drinking on Thursday, the 17th of June, and died on Saturday the 19th?the Doctor declaring that his death was caused by the poison c which was in the whiskey he drank.?Charlotte c Democrat r The experiment of tea culture is to be made t in California, by those acquainted with the busi- \ ness, on a scale to fully test its practicability, t Agents ot a Japanese colony have purchased land $ in the foot hills of El Dorado County, which the Japanese think is well adapted for silk and tea c culture. If they are not mistaken, there axe many thousands of acres of land in that State which can be devoted to the purposes mentioned, and the day may yet come when California will be as noted for its teas and silks as it has been for its gold. The ice factory at New Orleans, situated in one of the elevators, is a great success. It consists of six retorts of a chemical freezing mixture. From these six retorts six pipes descend to six huge chests, which chests in turn radiate severally off into four compartments. In each compartment are long, thin tin cases, seven on one side and eight on the other. This making by all the rules of arithmetic a total of fifty-six cases in a box, and there being four boxes to a chest, and six chests to a factory, it follows that at full blast this Southern factory can turn out 1344 cakes of ice, eighteen inches long, tweke broad, and two thick, at the completion of each process. The ice is much colder than that frozen naturally, and lasts much longer. The factory is a joint stock enterprise, and the property is exceedingly lucrative. At Echo, on the Union Pacific Railroad, the other evening, three freight trains stood upon the ' main track, when word came flashing over the telegraph from the superintendent, "A locomotive and tender, with steam up, and nobody on board, have broken from a freight traiu and started down the grade." Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro. In a few seconds came a second message: "She has just passed Castle Rock Station." Nev- e er were three trains got off upon a siding with less a delay. Then the workmen piled sleepers high upon the track; lest even thatshould not stop "her" c and she should do murder further down the road, g they tore up the rails below. Just as this was ac- a complished she came in sight. She shot through j the sleepers like a bullet through a pine board, v sending them flying in all directions, and darkening the air with splinters, but at the broken track she ^ jumped up and down with vexation, and finally t pluaged angrily, head foremost, into a hill-side. g She had run twenty-six miles in twenty-nine ruin- ( utes?the best time yet made upon the road. ?? Tho statistic nf immiirr&tinn nt \W Vnrlr - are still astounding to all who examine them, in ^ comparison with the figures for previous years, c Up to June 16, there had been landed at Castle r Garden 124,088 foreigners during the present year, t more by thousands than ever before during the u same period, and nearly 30,000 more than during s the same time last year. From the 16th to the c 22d of June the arrivals numbered 8974?making c the total arrivals for the three weeks of June, 34,596. The number of Germans is the greatest? a 40,956. Ireland follows with 25,354, the latter i figures being for the time up to the 16th of June, t There is something significant in the movement i of Swedes. In 1866 the whole number of natives 1 of Sweden who came to this country was but 109. ] For the twenty years between 1847 and 1867 the t whole number from that country was 26,565. In 1 1867 the number was 1695, and in 1868 it was 14,- i 520, and during the time up to the 16th of June ( of the present year the Swedes have already num- ( bered 14,429. One thousand more of the same \ nationality arrived during the ensuing week. It t is estimated, from carefully prepared data at the f statistical bureau of the Treasury Department at a Washington, that during the past thirteen years we have received and assimilated two and a half , million immigrants from other lands. The California papers of June 17, just re- J ceived, contain the latest revision of passenger * fares on the Pacific Railroad. The charges are as t follows: From San Francisco to Promontory, $50 \ in gold ; from San Francisco to Omaha $133; to j St. Louis or Chicago, $153; to Cincinnati, $166.50; to Niagara Falls, $170.50; to New York, $173; to Boston, $170; all the through rates payable in ? currency. Children under twelve years of age t half price; under five years free. One hundred 5 L ; \ , . .. \ toounds of baggage is allowed free to each passenger. The schedule time from:San Fn(h<nsco to Chicago, five days, seven hours ;4o St. Lotjis, five days, five hdurs; to New York J seven dayB. A correspondent of the Nbw^York YVftt/ ne, who IBS' recently -passed over the -Pacific Railway, -giveseight days, two and a half hours, as the time required to pass from New York to 8an Francisco, waiting five hours at Chicago and ten hours at Promontory. The Central Pacific trains, it is stated, in coming east, pass over the road eleven hoots quicker than in going west. The extra expenses day. The meal^u'nul'^chrng Omalui, cost seventy-five cents each, front Omaha to Promontora $1 (goldJ from Promontory to Sacramento $1 (gold.) The sleeping car charges vary from fifty to seventy-five cents. Ihe farfenlfr ^ttquirrr. YORKVILL.E, S. C.S . THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1869. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription* advertising and job, work, are cash, in advance. ? X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the /wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that th^lme paid for has expired. THE "FOURTH." This year has witnessed a diminution in the ceremonies usual on the fourth of July. In' the North there was some demonstration, but not what there once was. The Gettysburg celebration was probably the biggest spread in the country. Gen. Meade made a speech, Bayard Taylor read a poem and Henry Ward Beecher prayed. .Faith, Hope and Charity were doubtless well represented by these gentlemen, but we suspect the order was reversed, and charity came first, in the oration of General Meade. The decline of interest in this onoe honored anniversary, may be partly accounted for by the fact that the fourth came on Sunday this year. The celebration was held indifferently on the third and fifth, the want of uniformity causing uncertainty and indifference. But other causes had much to do with it In the first plaoe, the return of peace and the lulling of anger, have produoed a decay of the war spirit Men have had enough of war, and they don't like even the holiday display of martial celebrations. The animosity of sections is dying out, slowly indeed, but surely. One motive, therefore, which has for the last few years given zest to this anniversary among the extra loyal, has gone. The fourth of July, in addition to recalling the days of 7G, has been made, at the North, to celebrate two great Union triumphs, so-called, the surrender of Vicksburg and the battle of Gettysburg. While the animosity of civil war was strong, Lhese events were more the occasion of eulogy and spread-eagle loyalty, than the declaration of independence. But as the North begins to feel kindier towards the South, these very associations begin to spoil the pleasure taken in the celebration. The people there begin to feel some compunctions, is to whether it is altogether right to make a noisy ubilee upon a day which must forever after bring ip some sad memories in the hearts of their late intngonists but now reconciled fello.w citizens. In the South, there were no celebrations, except jy the negroes. These, of course, have no signifi:ance, as the oelebrators neither know nor care mything about the meaning of the anniversary, [t is a gala day, and that is sufficient. Any other lay would answer their purpose, which is simply :o have some amusement and parade. SCIENTIFIC BANK ROBBERY. A The latest sensation in New York is a bank robbery, which was accomplished with such skill and joldness as to amount almost to genius. The Dcean Bank was entered, on Saturday night, by neans of a hole made through the floor into the President's room from the basement. Once inside, he burglars soon got into the vault, and that with>ut doing any injury to the lock.' The keys to the iecond vault door hung inside the first, so that the. loor offered no impediment The third door -was nore stubborn, and was forced open by means of i powerful screw. Here the labor of getting in mded, and that of carrying off booty began. The safe containing special deposits to the amount if $500,000, was thoroughly cleaned out. These leposits consisted of coupons, bonds, national curency, &c., which could be easily used. Twenty housand dollars in currency, belonging to the bank, vere also taken. But the burglars were too smart o take securities which could not be transferred, md too lazy or weak to take specie. The bank :ontained $100,000 in gold, which "was-untouched. After finishing their labors, the robbers partook, if a lunch before leaving, the remains of which vere found in the bank on Monday morning. iVhen they went away, they left behind them sevsral hats, coats and other articles of clothing, two ? i e ?:?.?i J ^UWlc-tkUlvu?, a uua ui yjscui uatuiugua auu a oct if ropes. But the most valuable property left be lind was a complete set of burglar tools, said to be vortli $1,800. The Journal of Commerce gives be following description of them: We have before us accurate pen and ink sketchis and verbal descriptions of the principal tools ised and abandoned at the bank. They are of all unds, heavy, light, coarse, fine, about 400 pieoes n all, designed and fitted for every professional ixigency, with the nice discrimination of a denist s set of instruments, to which the 150 sizes of Irills bear a slight general resemblance. Most of he articles were specially made for the business, t would seem, by skilled manufacturers in this :ountry or abroad?another evidence of the recoglized status of burglary as a means of livelihood, riie "jimmies" for prying open doors were of the incst steel, beautifully finished, each of two pieces, vhich screwed together. There were five steel rnrs, one and a half inches thick, and four feet light inches long, chisel-edged at each end, and mscrewing in the middle. All the implements, ncluding the powerful jack-screw, were conetructd to be taken apart in small pieces and packed into i close space or carried about in pockets. Nothing could be more nicely contrived than the an with the flexible tube, for filling safe locks with ine powder. The sledges of soft composition metJ, which gave out no ringing sound, the two hun- ( Ired brad awls for fastening muslin against the yindows, the gum over-shoes in whioh the robbers ould move about noiselessly, the thoughtful provision of strong cords and of handcuffs to gag and o fetter anybody who should intrude on them uniwarcs?these contrivances, like all of the other letails oftfca deed, are truly artful and scientific. Nothing was omitted necessary to the object sought ?and that is the very essence of art, as contrasted vith bungling empiricism. But the master-stroke >f the whole was the opening of the crack combirntion lock on the outer door. There are several heories proposed to account for this, but they are ill based 6n the supposition that by collusion, or in ome other way, the Durglars obtained the numbers >f the combination, to which the door was locked >n Saturday night. But what if they have hit upon some device to iscertain the combination by manipulating thelock tself, making it tell its own seoret. and then open he door as easily as the man who locked it ? This s a flight of art which the combination lockmakere lave believed to be beyond the reach of mortals. But the detectives say there are some burglarshe brightest graduates in the school?who can perform this feat, hitherto supposed to be practically m possible. They may not be able to open all :ombination locks; but may not some be as easy if unriddling as a child's puzzle? The third door, ve observe, was fastened with another pattern of he combination lock, and it may be that that deled their skill, and hence the door had to be forced vith the jack-screw. Of course, the bank officers took immediate steps < or the detection of the criminals; but police and ' letectives, one after another, were obliged to coness themselves at fault. Three days afterward a runk, marked to Captain Jourdon, of the police, ' ras found in Elizabeth street. On being opened, t was found to contain $268,000 in bonds and ertificates belonging to the Ocean bank. Mystey hangs over the affair still; and suspicions have leen expressed that the chief of police of New iork is mixed up with the criminals. - i * 1 r * / HOME-MADE SUGAR. f i . ?or friend, Mr,jsD. C? Anderson, now vis iting < Yorkville, hsiusent as a specimen of sugar, minu.- i fcctured" at Greenville, from the Chinese Sorghum- { cane..The sample. iaj&A .clear, straw- color,. jvell js flavored, and fully equal to a prime article of the f "A" sugar made from Louisiana cane. Aooom-1 panying the sample was a pamphlet issued by Dr. i W. P. Passmore, proprietor of the Sorghum works i at'Grtenviljer' This pamphlet furnishes many 1 vgluaye statisU^J^Ji m to ^he^sUf w oess used and the profits of the manufacture. There is no doubt that the cultivation of the 1 sorghum will pay, if, instead of grinding out black and curiously flavored molasses, on a rioketty old i wooden mill, the planter will get the machinery for 1 making good sugar and clear molasses. An acre J of land will yield from 500 to 1,000 pounds of < sugar, and the planter also gets 50 gallons of syrup. < Of course, the growing cane must be properly 1 worked, as well as prdperly ground, to make the . crop profitable. But this is the case with all crops, i and cane has the advantage that it can be "laid ] by" sooner than other crops, as after it once gets a < start, it will choke off the weeds and grass for itself. The machinery required will cost $255, with < r _ u , 5 l _ n.i v:. rreignc aaaea, ana can do ouiameu iu vuiuujuih. Now why oannot the people of York go into this business? Aocording to a communication of a correspondent in another column, there is considerable surplus capital in our midst He advises putting this surplus into manufactures, which is a good idea. And sorghum is about as profitable to the manufacturer as any other raw material. The machinery for making sugar is not beyond the reach of many, who, after making their own sOgar and syrup, might make that of their neighbors' who have purchased the right to use the process. A better plan, perhaps, would be to form a com| pany and erect works on an extensive scale. This company might grind cane at certain fixed rates, leaving the sugar and syrup to be sold by the producer. Or the oompany might buy the crops of cane from producers, and sell the manufactured articles themselves. The last plan, we presume, is the one used by the Greenville works. It is not the time for putting in a crop of sorghum ; but it is a very good time to consider the advantages of erecting sugar mills for next year's crop. If it is known next spring that such mills will be erected, which will furnish a market for cane, there will be a larger crop planted. Those who have money to invest would do well to look into this subject. The sample of sugar furnished us, may, at any time, be examined by pereons wishing to do so. THE "IMPERIALIST." "How art thou fallen, 0 Lucifer, son of the c morning!" was our first thought on receiving a s copy of the Imperialist, a paper we have long de- I sired to see. Its very name marks the decay into which the land of Washington has fallen. No man t would have dared to issue a paper ten years ago, ( advocating the overthrow of our republican insti- I tutions, and the establishment of an empire on its a ruins. He would have been arrested and tried for I treason, if indeed he escaped the summary ven- f geance of mob law.' But the state of affairs is very 0 different now. Thoughtful men everywhere 6ee f the necessity of some kind of change from the pres- o ent swindling mockery of government o We were agreeaDly disappointed on reading me <Imperialist, which is not, as we feared, the blind 1 admirer of an irresponsible autocratic or military < government. It is to prevent this consummation that the Imperialist labors. Seeing that this form b of government is the natural oonsequence of .the p present mob system, as all history attests, it is v staying to make the-best of that destiny which ap- ( ff^ars inevitable. If an empire must come, it de- p sires one based on free institutions, one that will e preserve the best features of both republicanism e and monarchy, and free us from those evils which now exist and the still worse evils of anarchy, fo(- v lowed by despotism. To define its position in brief, tl the- Imperialist is not an advocate of despotism, b but of a responsible, limited monarchy. n Perhaps it has discovered the proper remedy for v our national disease ; but it is generally better to b "bear the ills we have than fly to others that we u know not of." Public affairs must he bad indeed, le when the bost remedy is national suicide, which p can do no more for nations than for individuals. 1 Empires are not often so justly governed as to excite admiration, and while a "free empire" is beau- q tiful in theory, it is very rare in fact. Neverthe- f less, if an empire must come, we decidedly prefer t, such an one. But what assurance can the lmper- \\ ialist give that it will be free? * w MERE-MENTION. J Me, R. Means Davis, of Fairfield, a recent grad- e uate of the University of this State, has been en- t] gaged by Col. Coward as a Professor in the King's n Mountain Military School, at this place. ""In n consequence of the limited amount of patronage, n the publication of the Greenville Mountaineer has been suspeuded. Geu. A. C. Garlington, a f( prominent citizen of Newberry, and formerly Ad- a jutant-General of South Carolina, is about to re- 0 move to Atlanta, Ga., with the view of making j, that place his future home. The small grain f, crop just harvested in Newberry County, S. C., t] is the finest and best ever before grown. Al- p exander Isaacs, Esq., has been elected President ^ of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company. A mad-dog appeared in the streets of Charleston on Wednesday of last week. The brute ? did no harm. The Charleston Board of trade has determined to open a free reading room in C that city. ""Mnj. Mattie Charles, of Greenville, ? in a fit of mental aberration, committed suicide, by 1 cutting her throat with a knife, on Thursday of ? last week."'"""It is estimated that there are 1 8,000,000 acres of land in South Carolina not un- ? der cultivation. The. Graniteville Manufao- 1 turing Company has declared a dividend of ten n dollars per share, payable on and after the tenth * instant. VV aterniclons are Demg sold in Uftar- tj leston at from ten to fifty cents each. Of the 1,200 convicts in the Illinois State prison, 300 are members of the Y. M. C. A., which has j( been started there. A New York paper laments the completion of the Pacific railway, because it has facilitated the importation of fire ^ crackers. A Connecticut deacon has fallen from grace in the way of chicken stealing. The ^ Imperialist squints toward Seward as the coming Emperor. The yellow fever has disappeared from the vicinity of Savannah, Ga. Ketchum, ^ who was convicted in New York of forgery, sever- j al years ago, has been released on a writ of habeas corpus. The Revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30th, was one hundred and fifty-eight and a quarter millions. Decrease of the public debt ? for the month of June, nine million dollars. It " is rumored that Cox, Secretary of the Interior, and Fisher, Commissioner of Patents, are about resign- ^ ing. The Secretaries of War and the Navy ^ have placed their forces at the disposal of the Sec- c; retary of the Treasury, to break up illicit distillc- ? ries." Bismarck says that he always intrusts a difficult commissions to men with spirited and am- c bitious wives. When a cow or ox gets choked, strap up a fore leg, and compel the animal to jump. t( rrrv _ mi .i _ _t__A x. a A ?nis win cause me oosirucuon 10 uy out. j( Kentucky distiller having noticed that whiskey is 0 improved by a sea voyage, has put up a treadmill j, in his warehouse and uses a horse power to keep n the whiskey in perpetual motion. Chicago g. parties have made contracts for the regular delivery in that city of fresh grapes from California by p the Pacific Rail Road. The deed to every lot it of the new town of Liscomb, Iowa, provides that * liquor shall never be sold upon the property. 5 It is believed by the ex-president of the Royal ^ Astronomical Society of England, that the length t] of our day has been and still is increasing, and p that it may be expected ultimately to become as n long as a year. The ' 'seventeen year locusts,'' ? which come every year, are announced as having ^ arrived in Connecticut Twenty years ago g there were six postoffices in Minnesota. Now ri there are six hundred. Ten years ago there F vere over Sefen hundred post offices in Sfeuth Jarolina. N&r there are less than four hundred md; fifty.? ?" The rice crop ingthe Southern jtalrta thiayairit is said, will ex^iedttaw^ftny ieason,since, thn^yetr 1860.^.::VVetmoatiaJift. licted with the button mania. One young lady iaa ftUected a string of 1,970 different kinde withn seven weeks. President Grant, in four nonths, has had two Secretaries of State, two of SVar, two of die TVeasury, and tvto of the Navy. wr?^ Reduction of Pare. We are authorized to announce that 'persons vishing to attend the Commencetnent-exerciBes of ;he male and female colleges at Due West, on the 14th and 15th instants, will be pa&ed over the jreenville and Columbia Railroad and return, for me fare, the time for this reduction beginning on Monday, the 12th, and ending on Friday, the 16th. A.n extra train will run from Ninety Six to Donild's, on Wednesday and Thursday, to arrive at Donald'B at 8.30 a. m., and leave there at 5 p. m. Cheap Labor. The question of a supply of labor for the Southern States has attracted much attention since he close of tbe'war. The problem appears to be leara solution, by tho introduction of Chinese and Poofies. A few days ago five thousand Chinese irrived at St. Louis, en route to New Orleans, for tervioe on Louisiana plantations. These laborers ire brouchtout bv a comnanv formed in St. Louis, mown as the Chinese Immigration Company, vhich is proposing to furnish any number of laborsrs that may be desittd, at from $50 to $60 a year md cheap rations. The Washington Repress says hat as laborers, on the Pacifio Railroad, the Chi- , ?ese rendered satisfaction by doing their work well md without creating dissatisfyction. Captured FilUboaters. : The government has begun to enforce the teutrality laws against the Cuban expeditions. The Jnited States revenue cutter, McCullough, last reek captured 150 men, who had gone down the >ay on three small tugs, on the pretended business >f fishing, but were merely waiting for the promsed vessel that was to take them to Cuba.. Rut that vessel never came, having been seized by the offiious marshals of Uncle Sam. The men were aken to New York as prisoners of war. Two schooners were seized the next day, at Milord, Connecticut, ladeu with munitions of war, md another tug boat coutaining 200 men. Fillirnster stock has gone down a little, in conserjuenoe >f these events. ? k. . lore About Secretary Robeson. . Since the appointment of the new Secretary >f the Navy, there have been many efforts to learn omethiog about his history, The results are few; >ut suoh as they are, we give them. It appears that Mr. Robeson was a partner in he "Gift Enterprise," having taken stock in the Jrant presentation fund, to the extent of $500. le is also the man who rendered valuable assignee to the administration at the Naval ball, where ie lifted the fallen Borie by the waistband, and int Grant safely through the "grand chain" manauvresof the "lancers." He is described as a at, spectacled old bachelor of forty, with hay-colred whiskers and straw colored hair, who weighs ne hundred and eighty-seven pounds, and has a olored house-keeper, after the manner of the late Maddens Stevens. v I )hnrch Sleeping Blade Easy. ?^Sorae ingenious son of the land of steady labire and wooden nutmegs has invented an imirovement on pews, which will doubtless be hailed rith delight by many church-goers. It consists of 'unimproved head-rest for attachment to churchiews, formed by the combination of staffing, covring-plate, band, base-plate, and springs with ach other." "* " * " This invention is intended especially for people rho, finding themselves overcome by the wfeather, he unusual stilness, or the preacher's eloquence, egin to nod assent to what they hear. It is much eeded, and the parsons themselves must be in faor of it; for if they are men of any feeling, it must e painful to them to see their friends sleeping in ncomfortable positions. All that the "head rest" icks, is an anti-snoring attachment, to make it erfectiony 'he Pearoody Educational Fund. Mr. George Peabody has just added $1,384,00, in bonds, mostly Southern, to the "Peabody Iducational Fund." The fund now amounts to wo millions of dollars yielding interest, and a milon and a half of Southern securities, payment of rhich is at present suspended. The income now eceived is over one hundred and thirty thousand ollars. Mr. Peabody certainly shows a disintersted kindness towards the Southern people by hese liberal efforts to advance education in our lidst, if he has not chosen the most judicious lethod of carrying out his intentions. We recogize but two Southern men among the twelve trusjcs of the fund. It is true the money is-mainly )r the education of colored children, as the whites re, for the most part, able to and do educate their wn children. Still, twelve Southern men could ave been found, who could and would manage the iind judiciously, and with a better knowledge of be wants of the country than the gentlemen apointed possess. Jgly Club Celebration. Tho concentrated ugliness of the South Carlina University had a jollification during the late lommcncement week of that institution. The lub assembled at the College cauipus at 6 p. m., ccompanied by a select company of sympathizing riends, to listen to a' 'Eulogy on Ugliness." The rator on the occasion was our fellow townsman, Ir. Jauies H. Thornwell, who is said to have acuitted himself of his arduous duty with much disinction. Wo have seen several very flattering otices of his speech, some of them from those who re good judges of merit. After the oration, the >llowing prizes were awarded to the worthiest of tie club: To the Ugliest Man, the largest puir of oots to be had in Columbia; to the Laziest Man, toy arm-chair; to the Most Conceited Man, a )oking-glass so arranged that he could see himjlf in six places at once; to the Biggest Baby, stick of candy; to the Prettiest Man, a china oil; to the Biggest Fool, a suitable cap. We are rather surprised that the gifted orator id not win a prize. It can only be accounted for n the supposition that his brethren of the U. C. ansidered the hoaor of addressing them as the ighest prize they could confer. Still he ought at ;ast to have brought home the doll, tattle in Cnba. a A Washington telegram, of the 5th instant, c lys that the Cubans in that oity have received the } illowing news: T Spanish troops attacked Jordan near Holquin. .] ifter an eight hours' fight the Spaniards were re- u ulsed and compelled to take refuge in the town. ( luban loss two hundred killed apd wounded, in- r luding twenty Americans; Spanish loss about the ime. The Spanish force consisted of two brig- t des, outnumbering the Cubans two to one. q >ne Presidents Opinion of Another. E Ex-President Johnson,, during a recent visit ) Washington, was persuaded to express his opin- r in of Gen. Grant, in the ears of a correspondent 1 f the New York Herald. It is not very flatter- ^ lg, and though it may be true, Mr. Johnson is 1 ot the man who should have expressed it. He c lys: ' a '"Why, sir, his soul is so small that you could * ut it within the periphery of a hazel nut shell and t , might float about for a thousand years without & nooking against the walls of the shell. That's the v ze of his soul Just look at the man sitting at a ^ !abinet council He has no idea, no policy, no andard, no creed, no faith. How can he guide ' le people? How can he impress any great im- 1 rovements or moral ideas on the nation ? He has o object to look forward to, no leading aim to ^ raw the people towards any particular end. He *i ts there with his Cabinet One member has ought him a house in Philadelphia, another has 11 iveu him $65,000, another has given him a car- v age, and so on. It is degrading to the office of a 'resident of the United States to have such a man ?L - ^ ft " there. Tbey talk about 'his geneimlship. Wpll, ( he was a mere incident ofthe war. 'Ken and arms | were supplied ia abundance, and hi$ forces wercio ( massive Ui#.thqfc .simply crushed oatlhe rebelliotL It wouW nave beendone"" ffad Grantnever been born. Therefore be was-a mere incident.- -Bat the 1 little fellow has come tq think hp is somobpdy really.' I can't help pitying him wheri I think how i well I know him, ana what an infinitessimal creature he really is. I often think that about the fittest place for Qrant is at some placoin fhe country where1 there are cross roads. Thave been at those 1 places and have often* noticed the eaenee -^-Autha J corner perhaps there is a blacksmith's shop. At i another corner of the cross roads there is a grocery j store, and at another a house where the squire , meets to settle wises. Well, I have often noticed at such a junction of several roads that, when the squire's business is over, some. fellow will propose 1 a norse race, and to give interest to the thing, a < basrel of cider and pernapsa half gallon' of whiskey will be staked on the result. Now Grant is just , suited to such a situation. Hisvideas are of the cross roads order, and he has not a thought above that. . , Crops in Cheater. -... . * The Reporter, of last week, furnishes us the following encouraging paragraph in regard to the condition of the crops in Chester County: "Prom all we can gather concerning the condition of the crops in Chester, we think the farmers have no reason to feel disheartened. The wheat 1 has yielded an abundant harvest Corn bids fair to do well. And cotton, the much favored staple, < although retarded and in some places destroyed by . the Innc find cold snrinc. now inflnenced-bv the ardent sun, promises a growth hardly expected." . For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. ] DAVIDSON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT. Mr. Editor.?There are, doubtless, many of your readers who feel a lively interest in the condition and prospects of Davidson College. The College is under the joint care and control of Con3ord, Bethel and Fayetteville Presbyteries?the Board of Trustees being distributed in-the following proportion: 32 from Conoord, 12 from-Bethel, and 4 from Fayetteville. Although the College shared, to some extent, in the pecuniary losses jonsequent upon the war, by which many of the literary institutions of the South were completely overwhelmed, its splendid endowment, under a Icind over ruling Providence, was so far secured, as that it still possesses means sufficient to place its < jontinuance and perpetuity beyond the range of 1 reasonable apprehension. The exercises of the ' College, which had been suspended during the , war, were resumed under auspices which conld ' hardly be considered very promising; the number ' ofstudeuts being very small, and the funds of the 1 College unavailable for its support But under ' the wise management of the Board of Trustees, < ind the effioient control of an able Faculty, and ] ibove all, the fostering care of that Providence i which has watched over the College through all ' the changes of the past, Davidson has not only 1 maintained its ground, but has steadily advanced ! in prosperity, until to day it stands, as of yore, the 1 pride of its friends, as well as the object of their > warmest solicitude. In 1866?7, there were in the ( Jifferent classes 20 students?in 1867-8, the < mmber was 53, and in 1868-9, there were 121. 1 A.nd now, that all, or nearly all, the State Univer- < rities of our Southern land have become, and are 1 becoming radicidized) and Davidson having proved tself worthy of the confidence and patronage of all ' who desire a sound and thorough education for 1 ;heir sons, there is good reason to - hope that the.' lumber of students will again be doubled thfc com- 1 ;ng term. < It was oar privilege to attend the late Commence- ! aaent, and we will not soon forget that pleasant ' jeason. The weather was propitious; there was 1 i light shower of rain on Tuesday?not sufficient jo interrupt the exercises, or to disturb the pleas- 1 are of visitors, but enough to allay the dual and I jool the atmosphere. We heard but one opinion 1 expressed in regard to all the exercises of Com- 1 iieocernent week?and that was, that they were 1 highly creditable to the performers, and very gra- 1 :ifying indeed to the large aqdieuce in attendance. J Fhe number of persons present was said, to be arger than at any preceding Commencement 1 dnee the war, and perhaps as large as was ever ' ;here on a similar occasion. - _ . ' Having been, by accident, delayed on the way, ! we did not reach the College in time to bear the * 'Missionary Sermon," on Wednesday forenoon, ' 3y Rev. R. S. Moran, of Tarboro', N. C., but we < 3resume Mr. M. sustaioed his reputation. We 1 mjoyed the pleasure of hearing the "Annual Ora- 1 ;ion" before the Philanthropic and Eumenean 1 Societies, by Seaton Gales, Esq., of Raleigh, on ' Wednesday afternoon. This speech elicited many mconiuras?both the matter and manner of it wore ?ery good indeed. At' night the representatives )f the two societies?three from each?entertained | lie audience with original speeches, which called i brth from the crowd that filled the large hall of 1 ;he College, repeated and prolonged applause.? ' rhese speeches were all good?very good?but we j were especially pleased with the one by W. J. , VfcKay, of N. C.?Subject, "A word to the sons, j )f the 'Old North State' and the one by Will t EI. Stewart, of our own county?Subject, "Chris- * ;ianity, the soul of Liberty"; and the one by Ed- 1 vin W. Ken-, of N. C.-Subject, "The South." J Thursday was Commencement day. At an ear- ( y hour the throng began to assemble, and con- j inued to crowd into the "temple of science" i mtil there was no vacancy left in the hall, whioh, * is we were informed, will accommodate comiort- j ibly 1,200 persons; and then there were on this jccasion a good many "outsiders.'1 The object of , ;he multitude was to hear the "graduating speech- s !s" of the Senior Class, and to witness theceremo- 1 ly of "conferring Degrees." Of the 12 members ? >f this class, 7 are North Carolinians, and 5 are k jouth Carolinians. A member of the Faculty ex- ^ jressed to me the opinion that a better class had r lever gone from Davidson. And after the speech- f is were delivered, a gentleman who had for many t 'ears occupied a distinguished position in a sister a College, remarked that he had never known a ? lass of equal size acquit themselves more credita- j. >ly in any College. These speeches evinced clear- t y both the talent and industry of the young men e hemselves, and the ability and fidelity of the Fac- ' dty under whose care and instruction they had ' >assed through their College course. Whilst we were able, very heartily, to accord the need of "well done," to every one of this class, here were eight of the speeches which, in onr e udgment, possessed special merit. But it might v eem invidious to particularize. There is one fact f n connection with this class, which we do not re- 11 nember to have known with reference to any other, r md which perhaps may not occur in a double defi.v of i-Iio orirliiQfinc ?inst. nnfi I ttUU UIA V/ HIV. Q.MV.MWV.MQ V.^VW J? ialf the entire number?took first honor grade. i^he Valedictory addresses were delivered by Mr. s lohn W. Davis, of Salisbury, N. C., and the Sal- 0 itatory by Mr. Paul P. Winn, of Lancasterville, S. j ). Of this class we believe seven are candidates j or the gospel ministry. May the great Head of he Church make thein polished shafts in His luiver, and through their instrumentality turn f any sinners unto righteousness. . fc The festivities of the occasion were in some neasure marred by the ill health of members of he Faculty. Dr. McPhail, the excellent Presi- I' lent of the College, was unable to attend any of j he exercises after Monday, from an attack of fc holera-morbus. Professor Richardson was also I bsent one day, from indisposition ] and Professor ? knderson was confined to his room one day, in fee- * ile health. Ih-ofessor A. has recently suffered a * evere affliction, in the loss of a lovely daughter, r rhose death had cast a shadow of gloom over her u imily, and in a measure, over the community, o Ve tender to the family our christian sympathy in heir sorrow. In the absence of the President, the Degrees n rere conferred on the graduates by Professor Blake, o he Senior Professor. He accompanied the giv- j? ag of their diplomas with an address to the class rhich was happily conceived, and handsomely and ffectionately delivered. ii We cannot close this notice without referring to ti aire other "feature^ We aUude{nt-4he oelelm-.j t>orv of the '^gly Cfob" of Diavidsoo. This came jflfen Tlugeday nigtit, and jrw, probajW^i in tw.1 timatioo-ofthe gay andfutf^oving porfion of the ' audience, the grand scene of the whole_pky. The "Club" had elected from their fraternity members , to represent certain characters?their "Pretty ] Man," their "Little Man," "Lazy Man," "Ladies' 1 Man," "Conceited Man," and "Ugly Man." ] Some of these members no doubt were elected , WA.Uii^fef^>ce,4sjnach. ta. tkoir- ability,to mi. ioetL , the parts assigned to them, as to their natural char* i acteristics?though in some instances the ctarac- < tew fitted amazingly, which made it all the inore.j '"funny."' Each had his "Presenter,'" who mide a speech, and presented an appropriate gift; and ( the receiver responded?all exceptthe"* 'Laay Man," , who was utooidz)j to speak." The speieches were ( all in comic style, 'and were cheered and applauded 1 most enthusiastically. We reckon the entire per- ' formance was a success. May the "CghW live ( long, and make useful men. . . < ?The exercises all along were Cl'interspersed'r with ! choice music by the Charlotte band?and each moonlight evening, after the assembly would leave 1 the hall, the "young folks" were entertained, as J they promenaded along the beautiful walks of the college grounds, almost till the "wee sma' hours," ' wfth inspiring music from the band, and with what j sdme probably considered sweeter music still, from ! fairy belles and lively beaux. j The Board of Trustees transacted a good deal of ] business connected with the interests of the Col- j lege and adjourned to meet in Charlotte, on the 2d < Tuesday in October next, to elect two new Profes- ' sors?one to fill the chair of Greek, and the other ' that of Chemistry. _ ' We trust there is a long and prosperous future ( in reserve for this cherished Institution?that it | shall send forth many noble sons who shall occupy | ind fill honorable and useful stations in the world, ( and especially that there shall issue from it "many ' streams to make glad the city of our God." BETHEL ] ' i For the YorkvHle Enquirer. j TOO-MUCH MOltEY. | Mr. Editor .?I reoently paid a visit to your Dis- ] trict and village, and was astonished to find so large j in amount of cotton unsold. Being a merchant, ind having some orders to fill for manufacturers, 1 L visited some of the plantations with the view of ! making purchases, and was surprised to .find. on., band muoli of the cotton made during the war. I , was unable to make any purchases of consequenoe, j holders being unwilling to sell, alledging that they, lid not know what to do with the money. They f were unwilling to loan it to individuals, not know- j big now who are good; were afraid of, "Green- . backs," there being such a difference between them and what they considered money (gold and < silver); they were suspicious of the currency; I md were they to convert it into gold, they might j be robbed and murdered, such was the unsettled j condition and.demoralization of the ruling masses of our (so-called) citizens and governing powers of < the whole country. Hence they hold on to their t lotton, only selling a few bales now and again, to 1 pay their taxes, which, they say, are enormous. ( Now, Mr. Editor, I do not desire, by any means, j to take exceptions, or to dictate to those most re- j jpectable gentlemen, who are, I have no doubt, < better able to manage their affairs than I can tell ' them; but I would say that it seems to me.that a ' 3onntry thus situated cannot thrive,. where the ac- 1 cumulating capital lieg dormant from year to year, when it should be invested, as fast as it aeoumu- \ iates, in some remunerating enterprise. York District abounds with streams of water, with the ' Snest. mill sites in the country, and I would suggest to some of your enterprising citizens to get up ] more manufacturing companies of various orders, such as cotton, iron, flour, &c., and this would act < is a stimulant tQ invest at home,, in a living enterprise; that tfould at pnoc enliven business of every J kind, and in a few years enrich the country. There are many stock companies now in opera- | ationin this.State, paying dividends of twelve to Bfteen per cent per annum, which would undoubt- 1 sdly be better than- holding ootton from year to J year. We have several banking houses in success- 1 Pul operation in this city, and as more- capital is ( wanted here, some of them might be willing to in- < urease their capital, on application. Capital, thus invested, would at once commence accumulating i interest, wmcn would certainly De oetter tnan ly- i ing worse than dormant,-in tho shape of cotton . bales. - MERCHANT. \ Columbia, S. C., July 5,1869. . ( SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. J Mr. Editor .?Will you do me the favor to pub- t ish the proceedings of the Southern. Historioal G Society, which you will find enolosed ? They hare c seen sent to me for publication in our State,: with i request that I should invite the co-operation of j, )ur people in promoting the objects contemplated c jy the society. These objects are so fully ana ably v jet forth in the official circular, that it is only lecessary for me to call attention to that paper, a ind to express my heartv concurrence in the meos ires it recommends. We owe it as a sacred dotr \ o our ancestry, the fathers of that republic which ;xists now only in name, to our ohildren, whose* luty it will be to re-establish civil liberty on this r ontinent, if they hope to escape our fate; and, r ibove all, to the memory of our horoic dead, that ? ve should place upon record, wh< re the future his- q orian Of the late war may find it, the true facts elating to our unfortunate but glorious struggle. ( By this means alone can we vindicate our pnnci- r. lies, justify our cause, and preserve intact that t vhich alone can give value to history?truth. The fc ociety whioh has been organized in New Orleans a las these noble objects in view, and they appeal 10 directly to the heart of everv true man in the iouth, that they need onlv to be presenetd to be r indorsed. As soon as the constitution and byaws of the society are sent to me, they Rhall be mblished, when I hope that branch societies will q te established in every District of our State. In he meantime, I invoke in behalf of the society the ad and co-operation of every man who reveres the mcient honor and renown of our State; who cher- t shes a proper regard for the great principles which g lave governed her In the past; who believes that a hese principles will yet be Mumphant; who wishs to vindicate the canse for Which, we fought, and s rho desire to preserve untarnished the memory of t hose patriots who died for that canse. ]j WADE HAMPTON, Vice-President Southern Historical Society. i There was a regular meeting of this society last ti vening, in the office of the Howard Association, c vhich was well attended, and important business ransactecL Gen. Braxton Bragg-officiated as Pres- g dent, in the absence of Dr. Palmer. tl The permanent constitution and by-laws were cad, adopted and ordered to be published. o Letters were read from a number of the Vice- u Residents elected at a previous meeting. o We append an official list of the officers of the ucieiy ; FFICERS OP PARENT SOCIETY, NEW ORLEANS, LA. to Ftev. B. M. Palmer, D. D., President; Gen. J Jraxton Bragg, Vice-President; Jeseph Jones, 9 J. D., Secretary and Treasurer. ADVISORY COiDtOTEE. J( President. Vice-President and Secretary, ex of'rio, J. Dickson Bruns. M. D., Hon. Thomas J. tl Jemmes, W. S. Pike, Gen. Harry T. Hays. p VICE-PRESIDENTS OP STATES. 1 Gen. R. E. Lee, Virginia; Hon. S. Teackle Wal- ? is, Marylaud; Gen. D. H. HilL North Carolina; G ren. Wade Hampton, South Carolina; Hon. A. P 1. Stephens, Georgia; Admiral R, Semmes, Ala- * lama; Gov. Isham G. Harris, Tennessee; Gov. d }. G. Humphries, Mississippi; Col. Ashbel P Smith, Texas; Gen. J. C. Breckenridge, Ken- P ucky; Gen. Trusten Polk, Missouri: Hon. A.% H. 11 rariand, Arkansas; Hon. S. B. Mallory, Florida. The following able address was read by the Sec- n etary and Treasurer, Dr. Joseph Jenes, and e manimously adopted. It very fully explains the a bjects and scope of the society s oeficlal circular. r On the 1st of May, 1869, after several prelimi- q iaiy meetings, a number of gentlemen in the city 0 f New Orleans formed themselves itfto a perma- $ ent association, under the style of the "Southern listorical Sooiety," with the following general utline: > n A parent society, to hold its seat and archives a i the city of New Orleans, with affiliating socie- is ies to be organized in all the States favorable to f< I gj. I the object proposed ; \tbefie in their turn branching into Seal organizations in the different townships-^fonning thus *-? wide fellowship of closely oo.ord mated societies. with a common centre in tno parent association in this city. - -The object -proposed- to-be accomplished is the collection, classifiogtioi}, pceservpffon.^and-fWal pnblication, in some form to be hereafter determined on, of all the documents and facts bearing upon the eventfiil'history of the past few years, illustrating the nature of the struggle from which the couotry has just emerged, denning and viodi- ^ eating-the panacea'which-4ey beneath.ivoind marking the stages through which it was conduct- | ed to its issue. - Iti^Pot understood tbht'tbis as- j sociation sbflT be" pofeiy sefcdDhal/ftor that its la- I bora shall be of a partisan character. ; 1 Everything whiohxelatos to."this critical period of our national history, pending the conflicts, antecedent or subseaoeht to it* from the poirtt of. view of either or botn the contestants ; everything; in 3hort, which shall vindicate the troth of history, is to be industriously oollated and filed; and all parties, in every section of the continent, who shall desire to co-operate in the'attainment of these ends, will be welcomed to a share in oar councils and our toils. It is doubtless true that an accepted history can never be written in the midst of the stormy events of which that history is comprised, "nor by the agents through whose efficiency they were wrought lue strong passions which are evoked in every human conflict disturb the vision and warp the judgment, in the scales of whose criticism the ne cessary ihcis are w oe weigucu, eruu niu reiauve importance of these facts cannot bo measured by those who are in too close proximity. Scope must be afforded for the development of their remote issues before they can be brought under lie "range )f a philosophic apprehension; and the secret thread be discovered, running through all hiBtory, upon which its single facts ciystalize in the unity jr some great providential pan.' The generations of the disinterested must succeed the generations of the prejudiced before history, properly termed such, can be written. This, precisely, is the work we now attempt, to construct { the archives in which shall be collected these mem- . }irs to serve for future history. j It is believed that invaluable documents are icattered over the whole land, in loose sheets, perhaps, lying in the portfolios of private gentlemen, ina only preserved as souvenirs of their own parts ,n the historic drama. Existing in forms so perishable, regarded it may be, only so ranch waste paper, by those into whose bands they must fall, nt> delay should be suffered n their collection and preservation. There is, doubtless, .too much that is yet unwritten floating only in the memories of the living, which, if not speedity rescued, will be swallowed n the oblivion of the grave, bat which, if reduced :o record, and collated, would afford the key to many a cipher, ito a little while to become nninteligible for want (^interpretation. All thirvariour material, gathered* from - every section, will oeed,io be industriously classified apd irmnged, and finally deported.in the oai/Cnrkfihives of the society, under the care of appropriate guardians. To this task of cblltction; we invite the inimeliate attention and co-operation of our co-patriots ihroughout the South, to facilitate which, we-propose the organization of State and district associations, that our whole peopje may be brought into barmony of action in this important matter. The rapid changes through which the institutions if fch?inrvnntrv are nnw najwimr. and the still more stupendous revolutions in the opinions of men, renind us that we stand to-day upon the onter verge >f a great historic cyde, within which a completed 1 past wiH shortly be enclosed. Another cycle may :ouch its circumference: but the events it shall emarace will be 'gathered around another "historic v jentre, and- the future historian will pronounce :hat in stepping from the one to the other he has jntersd upon another and separate volnme of the \ nation's reoorc^ J * Let us, who are soon to be in that past to which (re properly belong, see that there are no gaps in the record. Thns shall we discharge a duty to the fathers, whose prindptabwe. inherit* to the children, who wiH then know whether to honor or to dishonor the sires that begot them f and, above all, to the dead heroes sleeping on the vast battle-plains, from Manassas to Vwkshurg, whose epitaph history yet waits to engrave upon their tombs. The fund raised-by initiation fees, assessments, donations aDa lectures, after defraying tbe current expenses, will be appropriated to the rent or purchase of a suitable fire-proof building for the safekeeping of the archives. For the accomplishment ef these ends oontribu tions are respectfully solicited from alt parties-interested in the establishment and prosperity of the 3outhcrn Historical Society. Contributions to the archives and library of the lociety are respectfully and earnestly solicited unler the following speoifib divisions: 1: The histories and historical collections of the ndiridaal States, from the earliest periods to the ayesent time, including travels, journals and maps. 2. Complete files of the newspapers, periodicals, A iterary, scientific and medical journals oft he South?rn States, from the earliest times to the present lay, including, especially, the period of the recent American civil war. ~ . 3. Geological, typographical, agricultural, manlfactoring and commercial reports, illustrating the itatistics, climate, soil, resources, products and ommeroe of the Southern States. 4. Works, speeches, sermons and discourses resting to the reoent conflict and political changes, ongresfflonal and State reports, oaring the recent W? % _ . r - 5. Official reports and descriptions, by officers / md, privates and newspaper correspondents ana lye-witnesses of campaigns, military operations, lattles and sieges. 6. Military maps. 7. Reports upon the munitions, arms and equipnent, organization, numbers and lessee of the va ions branches of the Southern armies?infantiy, irtillety, cavalry, ordnance and commissary and [uartermaster departments. 8. Reports of the adjutant-general of the late 7. S. A., and of the adjntant-generals of the arnies, departments, districts and States, showing he resouroes of the individual States, the asaila>le fighting population, the number, organization nd losses or the forces called into actual service. 9. Naval operations of the Confederate States. 10. Operations of the Nitre and Mining Bueau. > . r" *4 11. Commercial operations. ^ 11. Foreign relations, diplomatic correspondence, tell Currency. 14. Medical statistics jwd medical reports. 15. Names of all officers, soldiers and sailors in he military and naval service of the Confederate itates who -were killed in battle, or died of disease nd wounds. 16. Names of all wounded officers, soldiers and ailors. The nature of the wounds should be atached to each name, also the loss of one or more imbs should be carefuHy noted. 17. Published reports and manuscripts relating o civil prisoners held during the war. 18. All matters, published or unpublished, relaing to the treatment, diseases, mortality, and exhange of prisoners of war." 19. The conduct of the hostile armies in the iouthern States. Private and public losses during ho war. Treatment of citizens by hostile foroes. 20. Number, occupation, condition, arid conduct f colored population. Effects of emancipation pon the negro, and upon the material prosperity f the South. ' - 21. Southern poetry, ballads, songs, etc. All communications, works and reports must be ddressed (by mail or express, prepaid,) to Dr. oseph Jones, Secretary and Treasurer of the lontnern 'Historical Society. New Orleans. La. ^ After some further business, the meeting ad* ^ ramecL ' 1 Air-Line Railroad.^-The engineer corps of bis road, vrith CoL B. Y. Sage at their head, lassed through our town on Wednesday last? hey wre now engaged in running the fine from bis plaoe, by way of Homer and Carnesville, to Ireenville, S. C. The work of surveying is being ashed forward with all possible dispatch, prepartory to placing additional sections of the road unercontnwt, Ttfr. Garner, the agent of the comatly, accompanies the corps, ana is engaged in rooming subscriptions of stock to the road, and a taking deeds to the right of way. Everything; connected with this great work is ow progressing most satisfactorily, and from the nergy and enterprise at present displayed by the uthorities, the time is not far distant when the hrill whistle of the "Iron Horse" will be heard everberetrog through our valleys, arousing our eople from their lethargy and starting them-out ii a new tide of progress and prosperity. This ounty has voted a subscription to the road of 100,000. ?A ir-Line (Ga.) Eagle. 16?'The colored men of Wilmington, N. C., are J asking vigorous efforts to get up a mutual loan I nd building association among themselves. This 1 1 a move in the right direction for securing homes fl jr themselves. ^